Bike industry mags and websites often do reviews of bikes and components, and 98% of the time they're worthless. Wanna know how I know? Because they rarely, if ever, say anything negative, and if they do, they couch it in some platitude that seemingly spins it as a positive or at least neutral.
I understand why this is. It's not hard to see the score of the game.....these sites and magazines rely on sponsors -- the very companies whose bikes they're reviewing -- and they don't want to drive the money away. That's why when I see a pretty honest review with actual negatives listed in it I get a warm glow-ey feeling inside.
Kudos to Cyclingnews.com for their review of the new Felt Edict 29er full suspension. They go into detail on the bike's short-comings that start with it's poor front end geometry (which Felt is not alone on -- many/most 29er manufacturers screw this up) and end at some of the part choices.
It happens so infrequently that I thought it was worth mentioning....
I understand why this is. It's not hard to see the score of the game.....these sites and magazines rely on sponsors -- the very companies whose bikes they're reviewing -- and they don't want to drive the money away. That's why when I see a pretty honest review with actual negatives listed in it I get a warm glow-ey feeling inside.
Kudos to Cyclingnews.com for their review of the new Felt Edict 29er full suspension. They go into detail on the bike's short-comings that start with it's poor front end geometry (which Felt is not alone on -- many/most 29er manufacturers screw this up) and end at some of the part choices.
It happens so infrequently that I thought it was worth mentioning....
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